Kansas City Athletics vs New York Yankees
May 3, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 3, 1956 at Yankee Stadium. The Kansas City Athletics defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Athletics 8, New York Yankees 7

Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
DeMaestri ss 4 1 1 1
Slaughter rf 5 1 2 1
Zernial lf 4 0 2 0
  Baxes pr 0 0 0 0
  Groth lf 0 0 0 0
Simpson cf 4 1 1 1
Lopez 3b 5 2 2 0
Ginsberg c 5 1 1 2
Power 1b 4 1 3 1
Jacobs 2b 3 1 1 0
Ceccarelli p 2 0 0 2
  Burtschy p 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 13 8
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Bauer rf 4 1 1 3
Martin 2b 4 0 0 0
Mantle cf 4 2 2 1
Berra c 4 1 2 2
Skowron 1b 4 0 0 0
McDougald ss 4 0 0 0
Cerv lf 3 1 1 0
  Robinson ph 1 0 0 0
Carey 3b 3 1 1 1
  McDermott ph 1 0 0 0
Larsen p 0 0 0 0
  Byrne p 1 0 1 0
  Howard ph 1 1 1 0
  Morgan p 1 0 0 0
  Lumpe ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 9 7
Kansas City 050 020 0018131
New York 001 150 000791
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Ceccarelli   4.2 8 7 5 0 0
  Burtschy  W(1-0) 4.1 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
7
5
0
2
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Larsen   1.2 6 5 5 0 0
  Byrne   3.1 4 2 2 4 2
  Morgan  L(0-2) 4.0 3 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
13
8
8
4
4

  E–Lopez (1), Berra (1).  DP–New York 2. Byrne-McDougald-Skowron, Martin-McDougald-Skowron.  2B–Kansas City Slaughter 2 (3,off Larsen,off Morgan); Power (2,off Byrne)..  3B–New York Cerv (1,off Ceccarelli).  HR–Kansas City Ginsberg (1,2nd inning off Larsen 1 on 1 out), New York Mantle (7,4th inning off Ceccarelli 0 on 0 out); Bauer (4,5th inning off Ceccarelli 1 on 1 out); Berra (5,5th inning off Ceccarelli 1 on 2 out)..  SF–Simpson (1,off Morgan).  IBB–Zernial (1,by Byrne); Jacobs (1,by Byrne)..  Team LOB–7.  Team–2.  U-HP–Bill McKinley, 1B–Red Flaherty, 2B–John Rice, 3B–Bill Summers.  T–2:18.  A–4,308.
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